Improvement in rake attachments for harvesters



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N0,.178`,456 Patented June 6,1876.r

N. PETERS. PNDTO-LITHOCIRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EFICE FREDRICK MUESING, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE A. BRILLHABT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN yRAKE ATTACHMENTS FOR HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 17 8,4156, dated June6,1876; application tiled March 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIGK W. MUES- ING, of Kendallville, in thecounty of Noble and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rake Attachment for Beapers; and I do hereby de'more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a plan Y view. Fig. 2 is a bottomview, and Fig. 3 is (letail, partly in section.

A represents an ordinary slatted reaperplatform, provided immediatelyback of the 1ingerbar with a suitable way or guide, parallel with thesame, for the head B of the rake to move in back and forth. C isthc-rake, secured to the head B, and extending to the back edge of theplatform. The head B is'attached on its under side to one endof a lever,D, the other end of which is slotted, and rides over a headed pin, a, inthe under side, near the rear edge of the platform. A short distancefrom the rake-head B the lever D has another slot, through which passesa pin, b, in the end of another lever, D1. This lever is pivoted to across-bar-under the platform, and its other end has a pin, el, whichenters a slot in the end of still another lever, D2. This lever D2 isalso pivoted to another cross-bar under the platform, and its oppositeend, which is nearly under the finger-bar, is, by a rod, j',

. connected with a swiveled crank, h, in the end of an elbow-lever, E,said elbow-lever being, by a link, z', connected with a hand-lever, G.

It will be seen that when the forward end of the lever D2 is drawninward it throws the forward ends of both the other levers, Dl and D,also inward, and by means of the slots and pins, as described, whichform, as it were, movable or shifting fulcrums, a very short movement ofthe front end ofthe lever D2 throws the rake the entire distance'fromthe outer to the. inner end of the platform.

Along the outer edge ot' the platform, and extending backward from theouter shoe thereof, is a board, H, with upper inclined ange I, underwhich the rake is placed while the grain collects on the` platform. J isthe cut-off rod, attachcd'to, or forming at its end a vertical shaftpassing' through the lange, and having an arm, 10,011 its lower endbelow the platform. This arm is, by a rod, r, connected -with anelbow-lever, L, and this is, by a jointed rod, M, connected with anotherel-bow-lever, N, operated by means of a foot-lever, O. Bythis means thecut-ot rod may be thrown forward to hold up the grain while the rake istraversing the platform, and as soon as the rake returns under theflange I the rod J is thrown back again, to allow the grain to fall ontothe platform.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a slatted platform A, of the rake-head B, rake C,and the levers D D1 D2, constructed, as described, with slots and pins,forming movable fulcrums, and opf erated by the levers E G,substantially-as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own I attix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

FREDRIGK W. MUESING. Witnesses:

FREDERICK KIEL, GEO. W. SMILES.

